Ethan Tucker is
rosh yeshiva
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(rabbinic dean) and co-founder of
Yeshivat Hadar in
Manhattan
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.
Early life and education
Tucker is the son of Rabbi
Gordon Tucker and
Hadassah Lieberman, and the stepson of the late former
U.S. Senator
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Joe Lieberman
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.
Career
Tucker is considered an authority on
Egalitarianism
Egalitarianism (; also equalitarianism) is a school of thought within political philosophy that builds on the concept of social equality, prioritizing it for all people. Egalitarian doctrines are generally characterized by the idea that all hum ...
in Jewish law.
He is the co-author, with Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg, of ''Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law'' (2016). Tucker is also the co-host, with Hadar colleague Rabbi Avi Killip, of the podcast, ''Responsa Radio'', produced by Jewish Public Media.
See also
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Shai Held
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Elie Kaunfer
References
External links
What is a Jew?- an Eli Talk by Rabbi Tucker
Ethan Tucker's Blogat
the Times of Israel
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century American rabbis
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American rabbis
American Conservative rabbis
American male non-fiction writers
Conservative rosh yeshivas
Harvard College alumni
Jewish American non-fiction writers
Jewish Theological Seminary of America alumni
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